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Deng Yaping

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Deng Yaping is a retired Chinese table tennis player who dominated the sport in the late 1980s and 1990s. Despite early rejection from the national team over her short stature, she became world champion multiple times and won Olympic gold in both singles and doubles at the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Games, holding the world number one ranking for eight consecutive years before retiring at age 24. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1973 1
Career Highlight
Won 18 world table tennis championships and four Olympic gold medals between 1989 and 1997, holding the world number one ranking for eight consecutive years. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
Connections

Competed In

Olympic Games, Competitions
Source Wikipedia, Deng Yaping

Long-Form Articles

Rejected for Her Height, Deng Yaping Became a Champion, Then a Cambridge Doctor, Articles

Plays

Table Tennis, Sports
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Nationality

China

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Source Wikidata: Deng Yaping
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1. Wikipedia, Deng Yaping
Wikipedia
  • Lead section, Deng Yaping
    She is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.
  • Lead section, Deng Yaping (birth year)
    She is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.
  • Lead section, Deng Yaping (achievement)
    She is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.
  • Career section
    When she retired at the age of 24, she had won more titles than any other player in this sport, including four Olympic gold medals, and had been World Champion 18 times. From 1990 to 1997, she retained the title of world No. 1 ranked female table tennis player for eight years. She was voted Chinese female athlete of the century, and joined the International Table Tennis Federation Hall of Fame in 2003.
  • Competed In: Olympic Games, Article text
    Deng Yaping (Chinese: ι‚“δΊšθ; pinyin: Dèng Yàpíng; born February 5, 1973) is a Chinese table tennis player who won eighteen world championships including four Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997.
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